problem with kshrc

[Binu_5]

Hi ALL

Iam facing a problem with .kshrc

I have a NIS setup here and there are
hpux and linux sytems in the setup

The problem is the the ailases I have mentioned in .kshrc file will be executed in hpux but not in redhat linux ...


Can anybody throw some light init this
This .kshrc file is in the /home/.profile


Thanks
Binu

[Stuart Browne]

Show us the how the '.profile' calls the '.kshrc' please.

And the dumb question, the user you are logging in as has '/bin/ksh' as it's shell, yes?

[Binu_5]

Hi

The login looks like this

maheshag:u2QnKE1LLp7k2:392:20:Mahesha Guttahali(Latha's team member):/home/maheshag:/sbin/sh

in Hpux
r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 401408 Apr 14 2002 sh
ps give the out put

; ps
PID TTY TIME COMMAND
14318 pts/23 0:00 sh
14348 pts/23 0:00 ps
14094 pts/23 0:00 ksh

in Linux

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Feb 17 11:00 sh -> /usr/bin/ksh


Thanks
Binu

[Stuart Browne]

Oh boy.. Bad..

Lets start with this.

NEVER LINK 'sh' TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN 'bash' ON A Linux BOX!

If you want a user to use 'ksh' as their login shell, then make the user's shell 'ksh'!

Quite a number of scripts written on a Linux box are written expecting bash functionality! 'ksh' doesn't work in the same manner as 'bash', so some unexpected things WILL happen.

Now, all that said. On a RH box by default, a '~/.kshrc' won't be called.

So this goes back to my previous question, how are you calling your '.kshrc' from your '.profile'?

[Binu_5]

Hi Stuart

Though my shell is sh ..I dont have any clue from where this .kshrc is been taken
It was a working setup in Hp ux and I never bothered ..
I have checked my .profile and nothing much


Can you pleae let me know where to check

Thanks
Binu

[Stuart Browne · Accepted solution]

'pdksh' (which is the default KSH package on a RedHat box) won't call a '~/.kshrc' on it's own.

In the user's profile (or possibly the '/etc/profile'), a section that says something like this is required:

if [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ksh" ]
then
[ -f "~/.kshrc" ] && . ~/.kshrc
fi

This will execute a '~/.kshrc' if it exists, and the shell is 'ksh'. Using the '.' method of execution means that any environment changes which occur in the '.kshrc' is within the shell's scope, and will stay there.

[Binu_5]

Hi Stuart

I have copied .kshrc to bashrc and set the
enviromnet in the .profile and it seems to be working

export ENV=$HOME/.bashrc

Thanks for making me think

Thanks
Binu

[Binu_5]

Hi Stuart

I have copied .kshrc to bashrc and set the
enviromnet in the .profile and it seems to be working

export ENV=$HOME/.bashrc

Thanks for making me think

Thanks
Binu